Our 250th anniversary requires pro-Trump redcoats as well as pro-democracy bluecoats to re-enact our anti-monarchial founding.
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Working-Class Heroes
Would democracy work better if more working-class people ran for public office? Running for office is time-consuming and expensive, and the most important pipeline that launches working-class people into politics, the labor movement, is far weaker than it once was.
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The Method in Trump’s Madness
Despite Trump’s impulsive inconsistencies, his attempted progression toward fascism is all too systematic. He has not yet succeeded.
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Can Resistance Succeed?
The more authoritarian Trump becomes, the more he provokes effective opposition.
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Democratic Brazil, Autocratic America
Today on TAP: Their system is working as Bolsonaro is brought to justice. Ours is failing.
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How Today’s America Came About
Two different accounts from two of the Prospect’s co-founders
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What the Polls Are Screaming to ‘Mainstream’ Democrats
Today on TAP: The Democratic rank and file is much more aligned with Bernie, AOC, and Zohran than it is with Chuck and Hakeem.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Donald Trump and the End of the ‘West’
Since POTUS is hostile to democracy at home and indifferent to it abroad, it’s not clear that the West still exists.
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The Museum of the Trump Resistance
Someday, we will honor those who resisted Donald Trump. But first, we need far more courageous resistance.
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Back to Basics
A new book makes the case for a multigenerational commitment to rebuilding democracy.